Ardham is a 1989 Malayalam-language Crime Drama movie directed by Sathyan Anthikad and Sathyan Anthikkad and produced by Suriya Chandralal under the banner of Chanthu Films. The story revolves around a loner and award-winning novelist Ben Narendran who seeks revenge against the forces who murdered his dear friend Janardanan . Ardham features Mammootty, Sreenivasan, Jayaram Subramaniam, Murali Pillai, Parvathy Jayaram, Saranya Ponvannan and Jagannathan. The screenplay is written by Venu Nagavally which is inspired from Ethir Katru by Subha. The music was composed by Johnson. Cinematography was done by Vipin Mohan and editing by K. Rajagopal. The film has a running time of 135 minutes. It was released on 28th July 1989. Distribution rights for the film were acquired by Mudra Arts. The story revolves around a loner and award-winning novelist Ben Narendran who seeks revenge against the forces who murdered his dear friend Janardanan .